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11.07.2012

JENsations Shooting Star

The other JENsations purchase I made was for this beauty - Shooting Star. The item description is "silver holographic star bar glitter" but I am really not wanting to call this holographic anymore - I almost want to call it rainbow, because it's reflective of rainbow colors. I think holographic needs to be a reserved term now a days. I don't know. Sound off in the comments.I decided to layer this over my existing Style Icon manicure because I wanted to see this over a red. I should have picked a different red, I think but this works. This is one coat of Shooting Star topped with Cult Nails Wicked Fast. This polish is MUCH easier to brush on and while I still had to fish a bit for the stars, I was able to get them out of the bottle without too much effort.

The bar glitter is so iffy for me. I like the way it looks but at the same time, I have trouble making it lay flat on my nails from time to time. I had to use nail clippers to cut back some of the glitter that wouldn't lay down.

I actually ended up using this polish for an accent nail for my Election Day polish. (For those still following it, I lost my local election. I only received 36% of the vote to the incumbent.)

Very pretty - and I'm sure more coats would have made this more opaque but I was just looking for a little pizzazz to my manicure - not a glitter war.I purchased my bottle in August for $7.50 but it appears her prices have gone up slightly.

JENsations [Etsy | Facebook | Personal Blog] is available through her Etsy store for
either $8 or $8.25 a bottle. She also creates custom orders for $9.00 a
bottle + $0.20 listing fee. She ships both domestically and
internationally and is currently offering a Holiday Sale for orders over
$50.

2 comments
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I kind of think that glitter like those and what is currently described as "scattered holos" should be described as prismatic because they remind me of the way light through a prism gives of a rainbow effect. I think that holographic should be reserved for linear holos because they remind me of holographic paper and stickers. *shrugs* I dunno.